diff --git a/src/game/option.c b/src/game/option.c
index 9d5c7ad17..b755d7802 100644
--- a/src/game/option.c
+++ b/src/game/option.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static REQUEST_INFO NewGameRequester = {
     200, // y
     0, // z
     "Select Mode", // item_heading
-    NewGameStrings, // item_texts
+    (char *)NewGameStrings, // item_texts
     20, // item_text_len
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/src/game/types.h b/src/game/types.h
index 38e41a38e..d182afa79 100644
--- a/src/game/types.h
+++ b/src/game/types.h
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ typedef struct {
     /* 0010 */ int16_t y;
     /* 0012 */ int16_t z;
     /* 0014 */ char *item_heading;
-    /* 0018 */ char **item_texts;
+    /* 0018 */ char *item_texts;
     /* 001C */ int16_t item_text_len;
     /* 001E */ TEXTSTRING *heading;
     /* 0022 */ TEXTSTRING *background;